Songs to learn musical intervals

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A common way to recognize intervals is to associate them with reference songs that you know well. For example, the song Amazing Grace begins with a perfect fourth. So when you hear an interval that sounds like the 2 first notes of Amazing Grace, you know instantly that it's a Perfect 4th.

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Interval	Ascending	Descending
Minor 2^nd	Jaws (Theme) The Pink Panther (theme) Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder) White Christmas (Irving Berlin) A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) Once Upon a December (Anastasia) Chromatic scale New World Symphony, 4th movement (Dvořák) I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) Stormy Weather (Arlen/Koehler) How Insensitive (Jobim) The Barber of Seville (Gioachino Rossini) Lascia ch'io pianga (Handel) Nice Work if You Can Get It (Gershwin) I Remember You (Schertzinger/Mercer) I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey) What's New (Haggart/Burke)	Für Elise (Beethoven) Joy to the World (Christmas) Jurassic Park (theme) For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica) Oh Little Town of Betlehem Major scale (descending) Shall We Dance (The King and I) O Fortuna (Carl Orff's Carmina Burana) Stella by Starlight Bolero (Ravel) The Lady Is a Tramp (Rodgers/Hart) Symphony No. 40, 1st movement (Mozart) Solar (Miles Davis) Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) Entre dos aguas (Paco de Lucia)
Major 2^nd	Happy Birthday to You Do-Re-Mi/Do, a Deer (The Sound of Music) Silent Night Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Frere Jacques Major scale (ascending) Linus and Lucy - "Peanuts Theme" (Vince Guaraldi) Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra) The Nutcracker - Marche (Tchaikovsky) My Funny Valentine (Babes in Arms) Falling Slowly (Once) Non, je ne regrette rien (Edith Piaf) EastEnders (theme) Body and Soul Sleeping Sun (Nightwish) There Will Never Be Another You (Nat King Cole) Tennessee Waltz Barney Miller - Bass line (Theme) Grace (Gordian Knot)	Mary Had a Little Lamb Yesterday (The Beatles) Mamma Mia! (ABBA) Three Blind Mice Enter Sandman (Metallica) Canon in D (Pachelbel) The First Noel Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Bach) The Two Towers -The Lord of the Rings (Theme) Whistle While You Work (Disney/Snow White) Away in a Manger M.A.S.H. (theme) NBC News (theme) Eight Days a Week (The Beatles) Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis) Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn) Crossroads riff (Eric Clapton) On the Sunny Side of the Street Unchained Melody (Les Baxter Orchestra 1955)
Minor 3^rd	Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) Greensleeves O Canada (Canadian national anthem) So Long, Farewell (The Sound of Music) Lullaby (Brahms) Bad (Michael Jackson) Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) Spiderman (cartoon theme) Iron Man (Black Sabbath) Georgia on My Mind Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin) Gymnopédie No.1 (Erik Satie) Sally's Song (Nightmare Before Christmas) Beverly Hills Cop (theme) Windmill Hut (Zelda: Ocarina of Time) Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha) Happiness Is a Warm Gun (Beatles) Final Fantasy 7, Aerith's theme (N. Uematsu) Come to me (Fantine's Death) - Les Miserables A Time for Us (Romeo & Juliet) Lingus (Snarky Puppy) Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt) Comptine d'un autre Été (Amélie Poulain Soundtrack) Braveheart (theme) Somewhere My Love (Dr. Zhivago) A Foggy Day (Gershwin) Spoonful (Howlin' Wolf)	Hey Jude (Beatles) Frosty the snowman (Christmas) The Star-Spangled Banner (US national anthem) Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John) Jesus Loves Me This Old Man They don't care about us (Michael Jackson) Ride Of The Valkyries (Wagner) Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood (Edvard Grieg) Misty (Erroll Garner) You're A Grand Old Flag Hook (theme) 500 Miles High (Chick Corea) What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter) Trois Jeunes Tambours
Major 3^rd	Oh, When the Saints Kumbaya Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (The Beatles) Four Seasons: Spring (Vivaldi) Sweet Child O' Mine - Bass riff intro (Guns N' Roses) Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles) Morning has Broken Blister in the Sun (Violent Femmes) Michael Row the Boat Ashore Sweet Hour Of Prayer While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night From the Halls of Montezuma (Marines' Hymn) I Can't Get Started (Duke/Gershwin) Dallas theme (French version) Nous n'irons plus au bois	Swing Low Sweet Chariot Man in the Mirror; verse (Michael Jackson) Summer Nights (Grease) Summertime (Gershwin) Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me Fate - Symphoni No.5 (Beethoven) Giant steps (John Coltrane) Good Night Ladies Bessies Blues (John Coltrane) L'Eau vive (Guy Beart)
Perfect 4^th	Here comes the Bride - Wedding March (Wagner) Amazing Grace Harry Potter theme We Wish You a Merry Christmas The Force Theme - Star Wars (John Williams) Super Mario Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley) Black or White (Michael Jackson) Oh Christmas Tree/Oh Tannenbaum Auld Lang Syne The Godfather - Theme Someday My Prince Will Come (Disney/Snow White) Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Overture/Work Song" - Les Miserables Star Trek Theme (Next Generation) All the Things You Are La Marseillaise (French National Song) El Condor Pasa Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) Simple Gifts (Shaker song) The British Grenadiers Doxy (Sonny Rollins) We are free (Hans Zimmer) Sailing, Sailing Meunier tu dors Dallas (theme) Sailing, Sailing	Under Pressure (Queen) Oh, come all ye faithful 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah I've Been Working on the Railroad Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) George of the Jungle theme Born Free (Movie theme by John Barry) Today (The Smashing Pumpkins) Shave and a Haircut Adeste Fideles Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein) Yardbird suite (Charlie Parker) L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole (Bizet) Lawrence of Arabia theme Dynasty theme A Mighty Fortress is Our God Your woman (White town) I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers)
Minor 5^th	The Simpsons Maria (West side story) Juicebox (The Strokes) Cool (West side story) Don't drive drunk (S. Wonder) Isotope (Joe Henderson)	Even Flow (Pearl Jam) Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns) Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) I hope I get it (A Chorus Line) YYZ (Rush) Blue Seven (Sonny Rollins) Nonsequence (Michael Gibbs)
Major 5^th	Star Wars (main theme) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley) Blackbird (Beatles) My Favourite Things (Sound of Music) Yeah (Usher) Scarborough Fair One (Metallica) The ABC Song Baa Baa Black Sheep Superman X-Files theme Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude Lavenders Blue Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss) Bags Groove (Milt Jackson) Asturias (Albeniz) Whisper not (Golson) One Boy (Bye Birdie) Der er et yndigt land (Danish national anthem)	Flintstones theme Game of Thrones (Main theme) What do you do with a Drunken Sailor Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simple Minds) Minuet in G (Bach) Back To The Future (Main theme) It Don't Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington) Swan Lake Suite (Op.20) - Scene (Tchaikovsky) The Way You Look Tonight Schindler's List (John Williams) Feelings (Richard Clayderman) Carmen (Bizet) Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Donna, Donna (Shalom Secunda) Seven Steps to Heaven (Miles Davis) Have You Met Miss Jones (Rodgers)
Minor 6^th	The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) We Are Young (Fun) In My Life (The Beatles) Requiem, Lacrimosa (Mozart) Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (John Mayer) Last Midnight (Into the Woods) Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinéad O'Connor) Go Down Moses Waltz Op.64 No.2 (Chopin) Black Orpheus (Theme) She's a Woman (The Beatles) Lonely man (he incredible Hulk) 1492 (Vangelis) Shalom Aleichem (Itzhak Perlman) The Last of the Mohicans - Promontory (Trevor Jones) Morning of the carnival (Black Orfeus) Tristan und Isolde - Prelude (Wagner)	Call me maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen) Love Story (theme) 100 Years (Five for Fighting) Chega De Saudade (Tom Jobim) You're Everything (Chick Corea)
Major 6^th	My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean Dashing Through the Snow (Jingle Bells) My way (Frank Sinatra) NBC Chimes Hush little baby (Lullaby) Nocturne Op.9 No. 2 (Chopin) Princess Leia's Theme - Star Wars (John Williams) For he's a jolly good fellow Take the A-Train It came upon a midnight clear (Christmas) You make me feel brand new (The Stylistics) Days of Wine and Roses (Henri Mancini) Little Lamp (Gypsy)	Man In the Mirror; chorus (Michael Jackson) Nobody knows the trouble I've seen The Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera) Down By the Riverside - between Over There (George Cohan) Il Etait un Petit Navire Weaver of dreams Sei du mein Trost K.391 (Mozart)
Minor 7^th	The Winner Takes It All (ABBA) Pure imagination - Chocolate Factory (1st & 3rd tones) Somewhere (West side story) Star Trek theme (Original) Chamaleon (Herbie Hancock) Steely Dan (Josie) Star Trek theme (1rst and 3rd tones) No sé tú (Luis Miguel) Maman les Petits Bateaux	Watermelon man Lady Jane (Rolling Stones) An American in Paris (Gershwin) The Shadow of your Smile (Ella Fitzgerald) None but the Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky)
Major 7^th	Take on Me (A-Ha) Somewhere over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) 1st and 3rd pitch Superman theme Don't Know Why (Norah Jones) Superman theme Bali Hai (South Pacific) 1st and 3rd pitch Fantasy Island (main theme) Popular (Nada Surf) Danse n. VII (Mompou)	I Love You (Cole Porter) Pictures at an Exhibition, Mvt. 9 (Moussorgsky) Von (Zankyou No Terror)
Octave	Somewhere over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) Singin' in the Rain Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses) Let it snow (Christmas) Harry's Wondrous World - Harry Potter (John Williams) Bring him home (Les Misérables) The Christmas Song Blue bossa A Forest (The Cure) The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music) There's no business like show business (Ethel Merman) Bali Ha'I (South Pacific)	The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music) Willow Weep for Me Acapulco 1922 (Herb alpert) Kong Kristian stod ved højen mast *2nd and 3rd

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